The Movie:
Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max
The Pitch: Meek flower shop assistant Seymour (Rick Moranis) has a passion for weird plants and his co-worker Audrey (Ellen Greene), the former of which gets him in trouble when he discovers an unusual plant during a total eclipse. Naming it Audrey II, the strange plant attracts business for their struggling plant store and earns him Audrey’s affection, until Seymour realizes that the plant craves human blood and eventually, flesh.
Why It’s Essential Viewing: I’d only heard ever heard of
Little Shop of Horrors as the odd prologue to future Disney Legends Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s careers as beloved composers and lyricists for films like